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Mexico had apparently agreed to it, but the deal was derailed by the Mexican-American War, and California lickety-split became a part of the United States.—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025 That means the Neapolitan-style pizzas are served lickety-split and the crust bubbles up extra chewy with tasty, charred edges.—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025 Self-serve kiosks now allow people who prefer lickety-split transactions to simply scan a QR code, drop their package or unboxed return item, and leave.—Heather Newman, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 Initially priced at $9.25 million, the price was lickety-split dropped to $8.75 million.—Mark David, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2023 Thankfully, the accelerator isn’t overly sensitive, because pinning it rockets the MoonBike to its 26-mph claimed top speed lickety-split.—Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 17 Apr. 2023
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